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Functional morphology and biomechanics of arthropods
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Representatives of arthropods, the largest animal phylum, occupy terrestrial, aquatic, arboreal, and subterranean niches. Their evolutionary success depends on specific morphological and biomechanical adaptations related to their materials and structures. Biologists and engineers have become increasingly interested in exploring these natural solutions to understand relationships between structures, materials, and their functions in living organisms. The aim of this special issue is to present the state-of-the-art research in this interdisciplinary field using modern methodology, such as imaging techniques, mechanical testing, movement capture, and numerical modeling. It contains nine original research reports covering diverse topics, including flight, locomotion, and attachment of the arthropods. The research achievements are essential not only to understand ecological adaptations, and evolutionary and behavioral traits, but also to drive prominent advances for engineering from exploitation of numerous biomimetic ideas.
Editors
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Chao Wan &
Chao Wan
Department of Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China Tangshan Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, Tangshan, China
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Stanislav N. Gorb
Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Articles (10 in this collection)
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Functional morphology and biomechanics of arthropods
Authors
- Chao Wan
- Stanislav Gorb
- Content type: Editorial
- Open Access
- Published: 22 February 2023
- Pages: 215 - 218
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Flow development and leading edge vorticity in bristled insect wings
Authors
- Felicity O’Callaghan
- Fritz-Olaf Lehmann
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 22 February 2023
- Pages: 219 - 229
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Functional compliance and protective stiffness: cross-veins in the hind wing of locust Locusta migratoria
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Wanying Zhao
- Qiyue Ma
- Chao Wan
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 27 October 2022
- Pages: 231 - 237
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3D escape: an alternative paradigm for spatial orientation studies in insects
Authors
- Christoph Bruns
- Susanna Labisch
- Jan-Henning Dirks
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 03 October 2022
- Pages: 285 - 297
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Jumping of flea beetles onto inclined platforms
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Le Zong
- Jianing Wu
- David L. Hu
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 27 September 2022
- Pages: 253 - 263
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Gripping performance in the stick insect Sungaya inexpectata in dependence on the pretarsal architecture
Authors
- Julian Winand
- Stanislav N. Gorb
- Thies H. Büscher
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 24 September 2022
- Pages: 313 - 323
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Behavioural function and development of body-to-limb proportions and active movement ranges in three stick insect species
Authors
- Volker Dürr
- Ago Mesanovic
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 20 August 2022
- Pages: 265 - 284
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Tensile mechanical properties and finite element simulation of the wings of the butterfly Tirumala limniace
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Huan Shen
- Aihong Ji
- Yaopeng Ma
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 16 July 2022
- Pages: 239 - 251
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Coleoptera claws and trichome interlocking
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Gianandrea Salerno
- Manuela Rebora
- Stanislav Gorb
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 26 May 2022
- Pages: 299 - 312